The Year of Death of Ricardo Reis

The calligraphy on the cover is by professor and essayist Carlos Reis.

«"A multifaceted time. Labyrinthine. The stories of human societies. Ricardo Reis arrives in Lisbon at the end of December 1935. He stays until September 1936. A character from another fiction, that of Fernando Pessoa's heteronyms. And an inverse movement, right from the start: 'Here where the sea ends and the land begins'; turning Camões' verse upside down: 'Where the land ends and the sea begins'. In Camões, the movement is from land to sea; in Saramago's book, we have Ricardo Reis returning to Portugal by sea. The epic movement of departure is replaced. Once again, history in Saramago's writing. And the relationships between life and death. Ricardo Reis arrives in Lisbon at the end of December and Fernando Pessoa died on November 30th. Ricardo Reis visits him in the cemetery. A complex time. Fascism consolidates itself in Portugal."“

«"A multiple time. Labyrinthine. The stories of human societies. Ricardo Reis arrives in Lisbon at the end of December 1935. He stays until September 1936. A character from another fiction, that of Fernando Pessoa's heteronyms. And an inverse movement, right from the start: 'Here where the sea ends and the land begins'; turning Camões' verse upside down: 'Where the land ends and the sea begins'. In Camões, the movement is from land to sea; in Saramago's book we have Ricardo Reis returning to Portugal by sea. The epic movement of departure is replaced. Once again, history in Saramago's writing. And the relationships between life and death. Ricardo Reis arrives in Lisbon at the end of December and Fernando Pessoa died on November 30th. Ricardo Reis visits him in the cemetery. A complex time. Fascism consolidates itself in Portugal." (Diário de Notícias, October 9, 1998)

«"A multiple time. Labyrinthine. The stories of human societies. Ricardo Reis arrives in Lisbon at the end of December 1935. He stays until September 1936. A character from another fiction, that of Fernando Pessoa's heteronyms. And an inverse movement, right from the start: 'Here where the sea ends and the land begins'; turning Camões' verse upside down: 'Where the land ends and the sea begins'. In Camões, the movement is from land to sea; in Saramago's book we have Ricardo Reis returning to Portugal by sea. The epic movement of departure is replaced. Once again, history in Saramago's writing. And the relationships between life and death. Ricardo Reis arrives in Lisbon at the end of December and Fernando Pessoa died on November 30th. Ricardo Reis visits him in the cemetery. A complex time. Fascism consolidates itself in Portugal." (Diário de Notícias, October 9, 1998)

«"A multiple time. Labyrinthine. The stories of human societies. Ricardo Reis arrives in Lisbon at the end of December 1935. He stays until September 1936. A character from another fiction, that of Fernando Pessoa's heteronyms. And an inverse movement, right from the start: 'Here where the sea ends and the land begins'; turning Camões' verse upside down: 'Where the land ends and the sea begins'. In Camões, the movement is from land to sea; in Saramago's book we have Ricardo Reis returning to Portugal by sea. The epic movement of departure is replaced. Once again, history in Saramago's writing. And the relationships between life and death. Ricardo Reis arrives in Lisbon at the end of December and Fernando Pessoa died on November 30th. Ricardo Reis visits him in the cemetery. A complex time. Fascism consolidates itself in Portugal." (Diário de Notícias, October 9, 1998)

Circle of Readers

1985, 1999

Circle of Readers

1985, 1999

Bibliotex / Público, Mil Folhas Collection

2002

Eine wunderbare Hommage an einen der bedeutendsten Dichter Portugals: Fernando PessoaDie Romanfigur Ricardo Reis, Alter Ego des portugiesischen Dichters Fernando Pessoa, begegnet ihrem Schöpfer in einem Lissabonner Hotel … Mit Phantasie, politischem Gespür und stilistischer Brillanz entwirft Saramago ein imaginäres Leben und verarbeitet es zu einem meisterhaften literarischen Vexierspiel.Als der Arzt Ricardo Reis 1935 erfährt, dass Fernando Pessoa gerarben ist, kehrt er aus Brasilien in seine Heimat Lissabon zurück. Ohne konkrete Pläne mietet er sich in ein Hotel ein, flaniert durch Lissabon, liest in Zeitungen über Hitlers Machtansprüche und den drohenden spanischen Bürgerkrieg – und beginnt zwei Affären: eine erotische mit dem Zimmermädchen Lídia und eine platonische mit der am Arm gelähmten Marcenda. Dann sitzt eines Tages unvermittelt der vermeintlich tote Pessoa in seinem Hotelzimmer, dem das Schicksal offenbar noch ein paar Monate zugestanden hat. Sie diskutieren über Politik, Einsamkeit und Tod, bis Ricardo Reis allmählich immer mehr verblasst und zu verschwinden droht.

Eine wunderbare Hommage an einen der bedeutendsten Dichter Portugals: Fernando PessoaDie Romanfigur Ricardo Reis, Alter Ego des portugiesischen Dichters Fernando Pessoa, begegnet ihrem Schöpfer in einem Lissabonner Hotel … Mit Phantasie, politischem Gespür und stilistischer Brillanz entwirft Saramago ein imaginäres Leben und verarbeitet es zu einem meisterhaften literarischen Vexierspiel.Als der Arzt Ricardo Reis 1935 erfährt, dass Fernando Pessoa gerarben ist, kehrt er aus Brasilien in seine Heimat Lissabon zurück. Ohne konkrete Pläne mietet er sich in ein Hotel ein, flaniert durch Lissabon, liest in Zeitungen über Hitlers Machtansprüche und den drohenden spanischen Bürgerkrieg – und beginnt zwei Affären: eine erotische mit dem Zimmermädchen Lídia und eine platonische mit der am Arm gelähmten Marcenda. Dann sitzt eines Tages unvermittelt der vermeintlich tote Pessoa in seinem Hotelzimmer, dem das Schicksal offenbar noch ein paar Monate zugestanden hat. Sie diskutieren über Politik, Einsamkeit und Tod, bis Ricardo Reis allmählich immer mehr verblasst und zu verschwinden droht.

Welch überraschendes Aufeinandertreffen ! Ricardo Reis, das andere Ich des berühmten Dichters Frenando Pessoa, begegnet seinem Erfinder kurz nach dessen Tod in einem Lissaboner Hotel … Der große Erzähler José Saramago inszeniert diese Fiktion zu einem meisterhaft ironischen Verwirrspiel über eine dunkle Epoche Portugals.

Welch überraschendes Aufeinandertreffen ! Ricardo Reis, das andere Ich des berühmten Dichters Frenando Pessoa, begegnet seinem Erfinder kurz nach dessen Tod in einem Lissaboner Hotel … Der große Erzähler José Saramago inszeniert diese Fiktion zu einem meisterhaft ironischen Verwirrspiel über eine dunkle Epoche Portugals.

Welch überraschendes Aufeinandertreffen ! Ricardo Reis, das andere Ich des berühmten Dichters Frenando Pessoa, begegnet seinem Erfinder kurz nach dessen Tod in einem Lissaboner Hotel … Der große Erzähler José Saramago inszeniert diese Fiktion zu einem meisterhaft ironischen Verwirrspiel über eine dunkle Epoche Portugals.

«Hier endet das Meer, und das Land beginnt. Es regnet auf die fahlbleiche Stadt – Lissabon an einem Dezembertag des Jahres 1935. Ein Mann mittleren Alters kehrt auf einem englishen Passagierschiff nach sechzen Jahren brasilianischen Exils in di Heimat zurück. Das Gästebuch des Hotels Bragança lüftet seine Anonymität: Name Ricardo Reis, Alter achtundvierzig, Geburtsort Porto, Familienstand ledig, Beruf Arzt-und Dichter. Sein besonderes Kennzeichen: Er ist eine literarische Schöpfung Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935), des groβen portugiesischen Lyrikers. José Saramago zeichnet ein Leben nach, das nie existiert hat. Oder könnte es doch existiert haben? Ob auf den Streifzügen Ricardo Reis'durch die Lissabonner Altstadt mit ihren geschichtsträchtigen Zeugnissen und dem turbulenten Volksleben, in das sich auch viel Bitternis ergieβt, so man ein Blick hinter die Kulissen eines “an Armen reichen Landes” wirft, ob in den sensiblen Beziehungen zu seiner lebensbejahenden Geliebten, Lídia, oder zu der vergeistigten, morbiden Marcenda, stets drängt sich die bedrohliche politische Wirklichkeit in das Leben des ätherischen Dichterarztes. Gespräche, Assoziationen, Erinnerungen vor dem Hintergrund kriegerischer Auseinandersetzungen fügen sich in diesem Werk, dessen Reiz in der genialen Verschmelzung von Realem und Phantastischem liegt, zu einem ausdrucksstarken Bild der portugiesischen Gesellschaft der dreiβiger Jahre.»

«The wise man is the one who is content with the spectacle of the world.» Ricardo ReisIn The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis, Saramago enters into a play with Fernando Pessoa, becoming both protagonists of one of the most moving narratives in the literature of the end of the century. accompanied by the comforting shadow of Pessoa, both immortal singers from the city of Tajo, the city of Eça de Queiróz and Camões. A novel that opens up to the reader multiple possibilities of interpretation and that gives the prose a charm that merges with the mystery of the creative word, a work that pleases, as honors, Fernando Pessoa, Ricardo Reis, Álvaro de Campos and Alberto Caeiro equally.

The calligraphy on the cover is by filmmaker Daniela Thomas.

After a period of self-imposed exile in Brazil, Fernando Pessoa's heteronym is back in Lisbon. The year is 1936, and he must set aside his contemplative nature in order to situate himself amidst the political events of a Europe in turmoil.

In this magnificent novel, the most classic heteronym of the great Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa, the Horatian Ricardo Reis, finds himself back in Lisbon after a period in Brazil, where he had self-exiled himself. The year is 1936. A doctor, educated by Jesuits and monarchists, he is a wise man capable of being content to observe the spectacle of the world, as he says in one of the book's epigraphs. Here, however, he finds himself confronted with the events of 1936, in Portugal and abroad; on one side, Salazar's fascist dictatorship; on the other, the gestation of the Second World War, the French Popular Front, the Spanish Civil War, the Nazi expansion in Europe. A confrontation, in short, with a world that was certainly not a spectacle.

In this magnificent novel, the most classic heteronym of the great Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa, the Horatian Ricardo Reis, finds himself back in Lisbon after a period in Brazil, where he had self-exiled himself. The year is 1936. A doctor, educated by Jesuits and monarchists, he is a wise man capable of being content to observe the spectacle of the world, as he says in one of the book's epigraphs. Here, however, he finds himself confronted with the events of 1936, in Portugal and abroad; on one side, Salazar's fascist dictatorship; on the other, the gestation of the Second World War, the French Popular Front, the Spanish Civil War, the Nazi expansion in Europe. A confrontation, in short, with a world that was certainly not a spectacle.

In this magnificent novel, the most classic heteronym of the great Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa, the Horatian Ricardo Reis, finds himself back in Lisbon after a period in Brazil, where he had self-exiled himself. The year is 1936. A doctor, educated by Jesuits and monarchists, he is a wise man capable of being content to observe the spectacle of the world, as he says in one of the book's epigraphs. Here, however, he finds himself confronted with the events of 1936, in Portugal and abroad; on one side, Salazar's fascist dictatorship; on the other, the gestation of the Second World War, the French Popular Front, the Spanish Civil War, the Nazi expansion in Europe. A confrontation, in short, with a world that was certainly not a spectacle.

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Roman Radnja “Godina smrti Ricarda Reisa” smještena je u Lisabon i godinu 1936. Ricardo Reis jedan je od tri pseudonima kojima je slavni portugalski pjesnik Fernando Pessoa potpisivao svoja djela.U ovom romanu glavni lik – Ricardo Reis je 48-godišnji liječnik koji se nakon godina provenenih u Brazilu vraća u Portugal. To je doktor kojemu je puno bliže trošenje inte na pisanje pjesama nego pisanje liječničkih recepta, nalaza i povijesti bolesti, au što se i sami uvjeravamo prilikom posjeta koje mu upriličuje duh nedavno preminulog pjesnika Fernanda Person. Kroz svoje duge i česte razgovore sa Reisom o životu, smrti, umjetnosti, politici… Pessoa skraćuje razdoblje od devet mjeseci koje, nakon smrti, mora još provesti na Zemlji u obličju duha sve do svog konačnog napuštanja ovozemaljske realnosti, u čemu mu se Reis na kraju Romana pridružuje.

Knjiga je Saramagov poklon geniju portugalske književnosti, Fernandu Pessoi. Eden Pessoovih heteronimov je Ricardo Reis, ime, ki ga nosi glavni junak Romana. Star je »petinštirideset let, rojen v Portu, samski, po poklicu zdravnik, zadnje prebivališče: Rio de Janeiro«. Z ladjo se vrne v rodno Portugalsko leta 1936, ko je Španija na pragu civilne vojne, Portugalska pa v primežu trde roke diktatorja Salazarja. Reis se vrača domov po šestnajstih letih v Braziliji, da bi doma našel samega sebe in se odcepil od svojega stvaritelja Fernanda Pessoe. Starajoča se Evropa je na pragu vojne; tam pa je tudi pesnik Fernando Pessoa, ki je tako rekoč mrtev, a obiskuje Ricarda Reisa in z njim razpravlja o ključnih aktualnih in univerzalnih temah. Vmes se zdravnik in pesnik zaplete tudi s hotelsko strežnico, lovi ga mlada ženska s skrivnostno paralizirano levo roko … Velika mojstrovina portugalske književnosti.

»Knjiga izjemne vrednosti.«

(Wall Street Journal).

»Nisem se rodil za vso to slavo.«

-(Jose Saramago ob podelitvi Nobelove nagrade).

»Saramago je najbolj nadarjen pisotelj današnjega sveta.«

-(Harold Bloom).

»Najboljši portugalski pistatelj svoje generacije.«

(The Guardian).

»Skozi zgodbo pa ni podan samo globok premislek o življenju in smislu vsega, ampak tudi širši družbeni komentar, vse skupaj pa dokazuje, da je Leto smrti Ricarda Reisa še eno v vrsti Saramagovih vrhunskih in izpiljenih del. «

-(Veronika Šoster, Bukla).

At the end of 1935, the year of Fernando Pessoa's death, an English boat arrived at the port of Lisbon, the Highland Brigade, in which Ricardo Reis, one of the heteronyms of the Portuguese poet, had traveled from Brazil.

During new crucial months for Europe, during which the Spanish civil war breaks out and the Italian intervention in Abisinia takes place, we will witness the last stage of the life of Ricardo Reis, in dialogue with the spirit of Fernando Pessoa who comes to visit him from the cement cemetery in the most unexpected moments. This is the time of stylistic plumes, of Pilot radios, of Hitler Youth, of topolinos, in an Atlantic Lisbon whose surrounding atmosphere becomes the true protagonist of this fascinating narrative experience.

At the end of 1935, the year of Fernando Pessoa's death, an English boat arrived at the port of Lisbon, the Highland Brigade, in which Ricardo Reis, one of the heteronyms of the Portuguese poet, had traveled from Brazil.

During new crucial months for Europe, during which the Spanish civil war breaks out and the Italian intervention in Abisinia takes place, we will witness the last stage of the life of Ricardo Reis, in dialogue with the spirit of Fernando Pessoa who comes to visit him from the cement cemetery in the most unexpected moments. This is the time of stylistic plumes, of Pilot radios, of Hitler Youth, of topolinos, in an Atlantic Lisbon whose surrounding atmosphere becomes the true protagonist of this fascinating narrative experience.

At the end of 1935, the year of Fernando Pessoa's death, an English boat arrived at the port of Lisbon, the Highland Brigade, in which Ricardo Reis, one of the heteronyms of the Portuguese poet, had traveled from Brazil.

During new crucial months for Europe, during which the Spanish civil war breaks out and the Italian intervention in Abisinia takes place, we will witness the last stage of the life of Ricardo Reis, in dialogue with the spirit of Fernando Pessoa who comes to visit him from the cement cemetery in the most unexpected moments. This is the time of stylistic plumes, of Pilot radios, of Hitler Youth, of topolinos, in an Atlantic Lisbon whose surrounding atmosphere becomes the true protagonist of this fascinating narrative experience.

At the end of 1935, the year of Fernando Pessoa's death, an English boat arrived at the port of Lisbon, the Highland Brigade, in which Ricardo Reis, one of the heteronyms of the Portuguese poet, had traveled from Brazil.

During new crucial months for Europe, during which the Spanish civil war breaks out and the Italian intervention in Abisinia takes place, we will witness the last stage of the life of Ricardo Reis, in dialogue with the spirit of Fernando Pessoa who comes to visit him from the cement cemetery in the most unexpected moments. This is the time of stylistic plumes, of Pilot radios, of Hitler Youth, of topolinos, in an Atlantic Lisbon whose surrounding atmosphere becomes the true protagonist of this fascinating narrative experience.

Fernando Pessoa will attribute seven works to several imaginary writers, heteronyms. Ricardo Reis is one of heterogeneous quests: a group of professors, poets, epicuris, classicists and monarchists who are going into exile in Brazil when they are going to establish the Republic in Portugal. Saramago narrates, in this work, the story of Ricardo Reis when he returns to Portugal, after the death of Fernando Pessoa. The writer's life and his heterogeneity are intertwined in a profound and passionate reflection on the truth and unity of the individual; a reflection projected on the nostàlgic scene of Lisbon.

Fernando Pessoa will attribute seven works to several imaginary writers, heteronyms. Ricardo Reis is one of heterogeneous quests: a group of professors, poets, epicuris, classicists and monarchists who are going into exile in Brazil when they are going to establish the Republic in Portugal. Saramago narrates, in this work, the story of Ricardo Reis when he returns to Portugal, after the death of Fernando Pessoa. The writer's life and his heterogeneity are intertwined in a profound and passionate reflection on the truth and unity of the individual; a reflection projected on the nostàlgic scene of Lisbon.

Fernando Pessoa will attribute seven works to several imaginary writers, heteronyms. Ricardo Reis is one of heterogeneous quests: a group of professors, poets, epicuris, classicists and monarchists who are going into exile in Brazil when they are going to establish the Republic in Portugal. Saramago narrates, in this work, the story of Ricardo Reis when he returns to Portugal, after the death of Fernando Pessoa. The writer's life and his heterogeneity are intertwined in a profound and passionate reflection on the truth and unity of the individual; a reflection projected on the nostàlgic scene of Lisbon.

At the end of 1935, when Fernando Pessoa had just passed away, an English boat, Highland Brigade, arrived at the port of Lisbon, in which Ricardo Reis, one of the heteronyms of the great Portuguese poet, had traveled from Brazil. During new crucial months in the history of Europe, during which the Spanish war broke out and the Italian intervention took place in Abisina, we will witness the last stage of the life of Ricardo Reis, in dialogue with the spirit of Fernando Pessoa who came to visit him from the cemetery in the most unexpected moments. This is the time of stylistic plumes, of Pilot radios, of Hitler Youth, of topolinos, in an Atlantic and rainy Lisbon whose surrounding atmosphere becomes the true protagonist of this fascinating narrative experience. The year of Ricardo Reis' death is a lucid meditation, through a poet and a city, on the meaning of an entire era.

Introduction by Basilio Losada.

The year: 1936. Europe dances while an invidious dictator establishes himself in Portugal. The city: Lisbon-gray, colorless, chimerical. Ricardo Reis, a doctor and poet, has just come home after sixteen years in Brazil.

The year: 1936. Europe dances while an invidious dictator establishes himself in Portugal. The city: Lisbon-gray, colorless, chimerical. Ricardo Reis, a doctor and poet, has just come home after sixteen years in Brazil.

The year: 1936. Europe dances while an invidious dictator establishes himself in Portugal. The city: Lisbon-gray, colorless, chimerical. Ricardo Reis, a doctor and poet, has just come home after sixteen years in Brazil.

This collection, available exclusively in e-book form, brings together the twelve novels (and one novella) of the great Portuguese writer José Saramago, with an introductory essay by Ursula Le Guin. From Saramago's early work, like the enchanting Baltasar & Blimunda and the controversial Gospel According to Jesus Christ, through his masterpiece Blindness and its sequel Seeing, to his later fables of politics, chance, history, and love, like All the Names and Death with Interruptions, this volume showcases the range and depth of Saramago's career, his inimitable narrative voice, and his vast reserves of invention, humor, and understanding.

Vuosi on 1935, kun Ricardo Reis, lääkäri already runoilija palaa Portugaliin viettettyään 16 vuotta Brasiliassa. Hän asettuu asumaan hotelli Bragançaan ja toteaa sanomalehdet luettuaan, että koko Eurooppa on muutosten kourissa. Fasismi kasvattaa jalansijaa Italiassa ja Saksassa, Portugalissa kyyristellään diktaattori Salazarin otteessa. Kansallisrunoilija Fernando Pessoakin on kuollut.Uudenvuodenyönä Reis – joka todellisuudessa on yksi Pessoan alter egoista – löytää kuolleen runoilijan istumasta hotellihuoneensa sohvalla. Syntyy keskusteluyhteys, jossa maailman less ja ihmisyyden tuska setvitään pohjia myöten. Personan moninaisuudella leikittely huipentuu Reisin sotkeutuessa kahteen Pessoan runoissa esiintyvään naiseen: hotellisiivooja Lídia avaa hänelle auliisti sylinsä, mutta mielitietty Marcendaa ei kiinnosta muu kuin halvaantuneen käden parantaminen.Monitasoisen tarinan kieputuksessa Ricardo Reisin ei lopulta auta kuin myöntää, että maailmassa vain yksi asia on varmaa: kuoltuaan ihminen näkee elämän eri tavalla.”Yksi 1980-luvun mestariteoksista – parhaita lukemiani romaaneja.” – Philadelphia Inquirer”Lumoava, vaikuttava ja liikuttava romaani – – Lissabon vuonna 1936 piirtyy esiin yhtä elävänä kuin Flaubert'n Pariisi vuonna 1848 tai Joycen Dublin vuonna 1904.” – Wall Street Journal”Ricardo Reisin viimeinen vuosi kuuluu viime vuosikymmenien suuriin kaunokirjallisiin hahmotuksiin. Suomentaja Sanna Pernun kieli on elastista, suomennos tarkkaa ja aistivoimaista.” – Hannu Waarala, Keskisuomalainen 30.10.2012″Romaani kuuluu viime vuosikymmenien suuriin kaunokirjallisiin hahmotuksiin. Suomentaja Sanna Pernun kieli on elastista, suomennos tarkkaa ja aistivoimaista.” – Hannu Waarala, Savon Sanomat6.11.2012″Saramago toteuttaa kahden kerroksen väen ideaa niin uskottavasti, ettäfantasia ja realismi tukevat toisiaan. Otto Lappalainen, Salon Seudun Sanomat 15.11.2012

“Ricardo Reisin viimeinen vuosi on parasta Saramagoa, jylhä vuoropuhelu toisen kirjallisen jättliäisen kanssa. – – Sanna Pernu teki tärkeän työn, kun suomensi tämän jo vuonna 1984 ilmestyneen klassikon.” – Helsingin Sanomat 13.12.2012

“Ricardo Reisin viimeinen vuosi on mainio näyte Saramagon proosan kestävyydestä.” – Otto Lappalainen, Parnasso2012/6-7

“Ricardo Reisin viimeinen vuosi on kirjoitettu jo vuonna 1984, Saramagon uran alussa. – Heidi Lakkala, Lapin Kansa19.12.2012

Fernando Pessoa is dead. L'un de ses pseudonymes, Ricardo Reis lui a survécu et revient à Lisbonne peu de temps après la disparition de son créateur. Éxilé au Brésil durant seize ans, il découvre une ville chargée de mystères, où les vivants côtoient les morts, où le rêve et la réalité se mêlent. In Lisbon, Ricardo Reis had his own idea in the world: he found a veritable identity. In 1922, José Saramago was a journalist and a Portuguese writer who didn't translate it everywhere. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. These romans are available at Points.« Saramago nous entraine dans un “labyrinthe” où s'entremêlent “le mensonge du réel et la vérité du trompe-l'œil”. »Le Monde«Ne cherchez pas Ricardo Reis dans un dictionnaire, il n'existe pas. Or plutôt si, mais c'est l'un des nombreux pseudonymes du grand portugais poet Fernando Pessoa. […] Ce roman remet tout en question et forme un univers dans lequel il serait vraiment dommage de ne pas entrer.», Gérard-Julien Salvy, Le Figaro magazine«Sur l'épure magique d'un Portugal clair-obscur, Saramago a décalqué un merveilleux récit picaresque, un étonnant jeu de miroirs òu les morts et les vivants, les sages et les fous contemplent leurs reflets trompeurs dans les eaux fugaces du Tage.», André Clavel, L'Événement du jeudi

Alexandria

1992

In december 1935 keert de dichter-arts Ricardo Reis, een van de heteroniemen van de grote Portugese dichter Fernando Pessoa, terug naar Lissabon omdat Pessoa enkele dagen eerder overleden is. Hij neemt zijn intrek in een hotel, waar hij verliefd wordt op het kamermeisje dat dezelfde naam draagt als de aanbeden vrouw uit zijn klassieke oden: Lydia. We volgen hem op zijn dooltochten door de stad, zijn worsteling met de poëzie en met de tijdgeest, die bepaald wordt door de dictatuur van Salazar, de Spaanse Burgeroorlog en Hitler-Duitsland. Het jaar van de dood van Ricardo Reis is een hommage aan Pessoa, maar tegelijkertijd een roman over een tijd waarin een waanzinnig geworden wereld haar eigen onndergang tegemoet raast.

In december 1935 keert de dichter-arts Ricardo Reis, een van de heteroniemen van de grote Portugese dichter Fernando Pessoa, terug naar Lissabon omdat Pessoa enkele dagen eerder overleden is. Hij neemt zijn intrek in een hotel, waar hij verliefd wordt op het kamermeisje dat dezelfde naam draagt als de aanbeden vrouw uit zijn klassieke oden: Lydia. We volgen hem op zijn dooltochten door de stad, zijn worsteling met de poëzie en met de tijdgeest, die bepaald wordt door de dictatuur van Salazar, de Spaanse Burgeroorlog en Hitler-Duitsland. Het jaar van de dood van Ricardo Reis is een hommage aan Pessoa, maar tegelijkertijd een roman over een tijd waarin een waanzinnig geworden wereld haar eigen onndergang tegemoet raast.

Egy ködös, esős, december végi napon érkezik Lisszabonba Ricardo Reis, aki több mint másfél évtizedes önkéntes brazíliai száműzetéséből tér vissza hazájába. Fernando Pessoa egykori költőtársa, a hajdan az antikvitás bűvöletében élő orvos idegenül bolyong a megváltozott portugal fővárosban, amelyet felzaklatnak a szomszédos Spanyolországból érkező polgárháborús hírek, a spanyol menekültek tömege, és a fefokozott újévi, majd farsangi hangulatban különös kalandokat él át. Bár verseiben egykor az éteri, testetlen szerelmet énekelte meg, most mégis egy szállodai szobalánnyal éli meg a megvalósult nyers Vágy hatalmát, miközben hevesen udvarol egy coimbra-i közjegyző leányának is. S teszi mindezt egykori megalkotójának kritikus tekintetétől és epés megjegyzéseitől kísérve, mivel Pessoa a sors különös kegyéből halála után még kilenc hónapig ebben a világban maradhat, hogy azután a regény végén Reis-zsel együtttávozzon a halhatatlanságba.

A hús-vér emberként megjelenő, képzeletbeli költőtárs, Ricardo Reis és a halála után még szellemként kísértő portugal költő, Fernando Pessoa találkozásának abszurd ötletéből bontja ki José Saramago az 1930-as évek közepének Portugáliájában Játszódó történelmi regényét, amelyet Salazar országlása egyre inkább egy sajátos diktatúra partjaira sodor. From Saramago to mindent elárasztó, nyomasztó politikai propaganda mellett felvillantja az iber félszigeti ország hol nyomorúságos, hol derűs világát is: a korabeli hirdetések, újságcikkek, mozi- és színházműsor, valamint a rádióadások megidézése varázslatos hangulatot tertve teszi letehetetlen olvasmánnyá ezt a regényt.

A Nobel-díjas portugal író a Ricardo Reis halálának éve című regényéért 1984-ben megkapta a Portugál PEN Club kitüntetését és a Casa de Mateus Alapítvány Dom Dinis-díját, 1987-ben az olasz Grinzane Cavour-díjat, 1993-ban pedig az angol The Independent irodalmi elismerését. Írói munkásságáért 1995-ben elnyerte a legmagasabb portugal irodalmi kitüntetést, a Camoes-díjat.

Almada House

1999; 2014

1935, לאחר גלות ממושכת בברזיל, חודש לאחר מות ידידו, המשורר הפורטוגזי פרנאנדו פֶּסוֹאה, מגדולי המשוררים של המאה ה-20. במשך 8 חדשים הוא מנסה להתחיל חיים חדשים בפורטוגל, מן המקום שהפסיק ריקארדו ריש של העבר, אדם עם אותו שם ואותם פנים, אבל האומנם אותו אדם? חלק ניכר מזמנו מעסיקות אותו שתי נשים. - אשה פשוטה וישרת-רגש, התגלמות ארצית מנוגדת של לידיה המומצאת, אליה היה פונה בשיריו. האחרת, מארסנדה, היא צעירה משכילה ומיוסרת, עם שיתוק לא מוסבר בידה השמאלית. האם הוא מאוהב בה, חושק בה, או שמא הוא רק “המקום” שממנו פועלות המלים והמחוות של האוהב? מזמן לזמן מופיעה בפניו הזיית-הרפאים של פסואה המת, הצעיר ממנו בשנה, שנותרו לו עוד 8 חודשים להשלמת תשעת החודשים של נוכחותו בעולם. עמו מתנהלות שיחות מרתקות על המוות ועל הזהות האנושית. אדם מתחיל מן האין, ובמותו הוא מתפזר בלי תודעה, אבל קיים בזיכרון ואף בכל מעשיו ודבריו שמוסיפים לחיות. כך הוא אם ה'אני' אינו הגוף אלא כל היתר. כדמות ’היסטורית“ ריש הוא אחד המרכזיים בין המשוררים שהמציא פסואה, העניק להם סגנון ייחודי וחיים עצמאיים משלהם, וכתב שירים נפלאים תחת שמם. בהמשך לכוונתו של פסואה מופקע כאן ריש מרשותו (הוא בא לליסבון לאחר מותו). כך הופך הרומאן לקריאת תיגר על התפיסה האחדותית, הפשוטה, של הזהות האנושית. ריש חי חיים מרובים, אינספור חיים בו. האורח במלון, הרופא, המשורר, מאהבן של שתי הנשים, הזר שהבולשת עוקבת אחריו ומנסה לטוות לו סיפור זהות, האיש שהשכנות הרכלניות מספרות את ”סיפורו“, וכו'. המלים והסטריאוטיפים משתמשים בו, שמו הוא זהות ריקה, והוא סיפור שמשתנה לפי העיניים הרואות, וממילא לעולם אינו שלם. שנת 1936 של הרומאן, שנה הרת אירועים באירופד לחקירת זהות כפויה, מוכתבת, טוטליטארית, זו של פסיכולוגיית ההמונים הלאומנית, שבה הפרט הופך לא-כלום בתוך נהר האדם. זהו הצד האחר של אותה מטבע, כי כל מלה אחת, מוכתבת, שתסכם את האדם, היא עריצות.

The story of José Saramago in Italy begins in 1984-1985, when Feltrinelli gives his allegiance Memorial of the Convent and The year of the death of Ricardo Reis. In Portogallo and in the world, his operation is always riscuotono always più attenzione, ma dopo i primi titoli saranno altri editori ad affiancarlo in Italia. In 2009, when Saramago's long-lasting position faced him, he confronted Berlusconi at the door and abandoned Einaudi, his editor of the time, and affidare all his work with Feltrinelli, which all of the time refused to give new credit to his literary production.

Nella rosa dei suoi romanzi, The year of the death of Ricardo Reis si presenta eat a gioco di specchi e sdoppiamenti. Siamo in 1936 and Ricardo Reis, etheronym of the poet Fernando Pessoa, returns in Portogallo dopo anni di esilio in Brasile. Who found the ghost of his creator, dead last year. In this dialogue between images, Saramago combines one of the most important poets of Portogallo and a distant distance – or coincidence? – tra verità e finzione. And, traversing the fantasies of the lyrics, he explores what preceded the Second World War and the Scop of the Spanish War, creating a lyrical resonant and deeply affecting the state of European knowledge. A thoughtful novel that brings imagination and the possibility with which Saramago proves his extraordinary expressive power.

“Deep inside the body, the tenebra is deep, and all the time the blood comes to the bottom, the brain is cold and può sees, it's dark and feels, there's no mani and afferra, it's chiaro, it's the labyrinth of sesso.”

In 1936, at the beginning of the year, the second world war was announced, scoppia quella di Spagna. Nello this year with Ricardo Reis, only one year after the partnership of his inventor, Fernando Pessoa. Reis is an infatti uno dei tanti eteronimi of Pessoa, which ne aveva immaginato l'ideale biography (born in Porto in 1887, educated there gesuiti, doctor, espatriato per ragioni politiche in Brasile in 1919) e gli aveva attribuito como poet classicistiche odi oraziane, but not gli aveva dato carne e sentimentali. It's something that inveces Saramago, that makes him return to home in the occasion of the death of his creator, that makes him open a medical studio in Lisbon, that makes him live a true life, social, seductive and affectionate. E prima di morire – in the fateful year that is the real protagonist of the novel – he is the testimonial of tragic events, a filter across the story of Salazarist Portogallo, aligned with fascisti, nazisti and falangisti in all Europe.

In 1936, at the beginning of the year, the second world war was announced, scoppia quella di Spagna. Nello this year with Ricardo Reis, only one year after the partnership of his inventor, Fernando Pessoa. Reis is an infatti uno dei tanti eteronimi of Pessoa, which ne aveva immaginato l'ideale biography (born in Porto in 1887, educated there gesuiti, doctor, espatriato per ragioni politiche in Brasile in 1919) e gli aveva attribuito como poet classicistiche odi oraziane, but not gli aveva dato carne e sentimentali. It's something that inveces Saramago, that makes him return to home in the occasion of the death of his creator, that makes him open a medical studio in Lisbon, that makes him live a true life, social, seductive and affectionate. E prima di morire – in the fateful year that is the real protagonist of the novel – he is the testimonial of tragic events, a filter across the story of Salazarist Portogallo, aligned with fascisti, nazisti and falangisti in all Europe.

Comincia cosí il romanzo in cui José Saramago fa «vivere» uno dei personaggi nati dalla fantasy di Pessoa: gli fornisce carne, ossa, casa, una cameriera d'albergo per musa, e gambe che lo portino a rendere omaggio alla tomba del suo creatore, oa passeggiare con lui – col suo ghost – per le vie di Lisbona. But, come sottolineato Luciana Stegagno Picchio in the occasion of her first Italian edition (1985), the real protagonist of this book is not Reis, but in the year of her death, which in 1936 sees the true story of the writer Salazar allearsi and ideally marciare in the wake of her dark, dark and azzurre di fascisti, nazisti e falangisti, he watches helplessly all'Anschluss, all the war of Etiopia, all the war civil and spagnola. Ed is not alone with gli occhi, but also with irony, the lucidity and the sommelier poetry of Ricardo Reis that we dive into noi stessi spettatori di quel mondo in that terribili mesi.

Comincia cosí il romanzo in cui José Saramago fa «vivere» uno dei personaggi nati dalla fantasy di Pessoa: gli fornisce carne, ossa, casa, una cameriera d'albergo per musa, e gambe che lo portino a rendere omaggio alla tomba del suo creatore, oa passeggiare con lui – col suo ghost – per le vie di Lisbona. But, come sottolineato Luciana Stegagno Picchio in the occasion of her first Italian edition (1985), the real protagonist of this book is not Reis, but in the year of her death, which in 1936 sees the true story of the writer Salazar allearsi and ideally marciare in the wake of her dark, dark and azzurre di fascisti, nazisti e falangisti, he watches helplessly all'Anschluss, all the war of Etiopia, all the war civil and spagnola. Ed is not alone with gli occhi, but also with irony, the lucidity and the sommelier poetry of Ricardo Reis that we dive into noi stessi spettatori di quel mondo in that terribili mesi.

The Library of the Republic

2002 (Translated by Rita Desti)

Romanas „Rikardo Rejišo mirties metai“ („The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis“, 1984) nukelia skaitytojus į XX amžiaus 4-ojo dešimtmečio vidurį, itin turtingą istorinių įvykių. Mįslingas Romano herojus, lyg poets, lyg gydytojas, authoriaus valia pavadintas Rikardu Rejišu, vienu iš daugelio įžymaus portugalų poet Fernando Pessoa slapyvardžių, atvyksta iš Brazilijos į Lisaboną aplankyti neseniai mirusio Fernando Pessoa, susitinka su velioniu, kuriam leista kelis mėnesius išeiti iš kapo į miestą, ir daug laiko praleidžia šnekėdamas su juo apie gyvenimą ir kūrybą. Klaidžiodamas po pirmųjų Salazaro diktatūros metų Lisaboną, susvetimėjusią, susipriešinusią, nebeatpažįstamą, Rikardas Rejišas trokšta meilės, tačiau užsimezgusi pažintis baigiasi tragiškai.

Lisbon in these years is treinta. Saramago and the diverse ghosts of Fernando Pessoa enter into a dialogue. An emotional journey along the paths of memory, poetry and the white city.

Fernando Pessoa særmerke var hans såkalte heteronymer – ikke bare skrev han under flere navn, han levde sine pseudonymers liv. Dermed ble de mer enn dekknavn, de fikk sin egen identitet. Josè Saramago tar Fernando Pessoa bookmarked the order in his home and heteronym, led by Ricardo Reis, sells tilbake in Lisbon in Brazil in 1935, bare en måned etter den virkelige People død. Ricardo Reis ankommer med skip, han kommer today etter lang tid i utlendighet. I Lisboa tar han inn på hotell, og blir gjenstand for stuepiken Lidias varme følelser. På mildt undrende vis gjenopptar han legegjerningen og betrakter med resignasjon verden rundt seg – en verden på kanten av stupet.

Fernando Pessoa særmerke var hans såkalte heteronymer – ikke bare skrev han under flere navn, han levde sine pseudonymers liv. Dermed ble de mer enn dekknavn, de fikk sin egen identitet. Josè Saramago tar Fernando Pessoa bookmarked the order in his home and heteronym, led by Ricardo Reis, sells tilbake in Lisbon in Brazil in 1935, bare en måned etter den virkelige People død. Ricardo Reis ankommer med skip, han kommer today etter lang tid i utlendighet. I Lisboa tar han inn på hotell, og blir gjenstand for stuepiken Lidias varme følelser. På mildt undrende vis gjenopptar han legegjerningen og betrakter med resignasjon verden rundt seg – en verden på kanten av stupet.

Fernando Pessoa særmerke var hans såkalte heteronymer – ikke bare skrev han under flere navn, han levde sine pseudonymers liv. Dermed ble de mer enn dekknavn, de fikk sin egen identitet. Josè Saramago tar Fernando Pessoa bookmarked the order in his home and heteronym, led by Ricardo Reis, sells tilbake in Lisbon in Brazil in 1935, bare en måned etter den virkelige People død. Ricardo Reis ankommer med skip, han kommer today etter lang tid i utlendighet. I Lisboa tar han inn på hotell, og blir gjenstand for stuepiken Lidias varme følelser. På mildt undrende vis gjenopptar han legegjerningen og betrakter med resignasjon verden rundt seg – en verden på kanten av stupet.

Najbardziej portugalska i jednocześnie zaskakująco uniwersalna powieść José Saramago ważniejszych w jego dorobku.Rok 1936. Lizbona. Z pokładu statku, który przypłynął z Brazylii schodzi Ricardo Reis, lekarz i poet, samotnik z wyboru. Po szesnastu latach emigracji powraca do ojczyzny na wieść o śmierci Fernanda Pessoa, wybitnego pisorza, myśliciela i “sumienia narodu”. Czyniąc Reisa naszym przewodnikiem po labiryncie, jakim jawi się Lizbona – dziwnie ponura, klaustrofobiczna, przytłoczona deszczem i warstwą chmur – Saramago kreśli wierny, ale i krytycznyobraz ówczesnej rzeczywistości 1998 r. i najpopularniejszy na świecie prozaik portugalski, sławę zdobył dopiero w sześćdziesiątym roku życia swoją trzecią powieścią Baltazar i Blimunda, nagrodzoną prestiżową nagrodą portugalskiego PEN Clubu oraz Nagrodą Literacką Miasta Lizbona.

The year: 1936. Europe dances while an invidious dictator establishes himself in Portugal. The city: Lisbon-gray, colorless, chimerical. Ricardo Reis, a doctor and poet, has just come home after sixteen years in Brazil.

The year: 1936. Europe dances while an invidious dictator establishes himself in Portugal. The city: Lisbon-gray, colorless, chimerical. Ricardo Reis, a doctor and poet, has just come home after sixteen years in Brazil.

Published in 1984, he wrote „Anul mortii lui Ricardo Reis” this consideration of multi-cadian absolute capodopera by Luis Jose Saramago. The citeva saptamini dupa moartea lui Fernando Pessoa (arna lui 1935), se intoarce la Lisabona unul dintre heteronimii sai, Ricardo Reis, invented in 1912. Exile of fine vreme in Brazilia de creatorul sau, Ricardo Reis se confrunta in Portugalia cu o lume aproape necunoscuta, in care dictatura lui Salazar devine tentaculara. Heteronimul isi face drum prin aceasta realitate labirintica, insotit de fantoma creatorului sau, Fernando Pessoa, care mai are permisiunea sa bintuie prin lume noua luni dupa moarte, atitea cite a petrecut in pintecele matern. Lastly, I acceded perioade, Ricardo Reis, indecisive in viata amoroasa si coplesit de nedumerire in fate evenimentelor politice care se precipita, prefera sa se retraga in moarte alaturi de creatorul sau, lasind in lume un fiu bastard care va muri, cum anunta naratorul, in viitorul razboi colonial din anii '60.Aparut in 1984, novel Anul mortii lui Ricardo Reis, considerat de multi ca fiind capodopera absolut a lui Jose Saramago, a constituent, in preajma aniversarii a jumatate de secol de la moartea premature a lui Fernando Pessoa, an exceptional omagiu adus fictiunii, unique in literature secolului XX, representative of a heteronimic universe: authorship constellation that operates independently, pe care Pessoa ia creat, asemenea unui demiurg.’…probabil limba e aceea care-si alege scriitorii de care are nevoie, ii foloseste pentru a exprima cite o mica parte din ceea ce este, cind limba va fi spus totul si apoi va amuti, sint curios sa vad cum va arata viata noastra.„ (Jose Saramago)”Ricardo Reis sa nascut in 1887, nu-mi aduc aminte ziua si luna (dar le am pe undeva), in Porto, e medic si se afla in prezent in Brazilia.„ Fernando Pessoa (1935) poetica si moarte.” (George Steiner)„Saramago este unul dintre cei mai originali si mai remarcabili scriitori europeni. (Los Angeles Times). (Mioara Caragea)

Published in 1984, he wrote „Anul mortii lui Ricardo Reis” this consideration of multi-cadian absolute capodopera by Luis Jose Saramago. The citeva saptamini dupa moartea lui Fernando Pessoa (arna lui 1935), se intoarce la Lisabona unul dintre heteronimii sai, Ricardo Reis, invented in 1912. Exile of fine vreme in Brazilia de creatorul sau, Ricardo Reis se confrunta in Portugalia cu o lume aproape necunoscuta, in care dictatura lui Salazar devine tentaculara. Heteronimul isi face drum prin aceasta realitate labirintica, insotit de fantoma creatorului sau, Fernando Pessoa, care mai are permisiunea sa bintuie prin lume noua luni dupa moarte, atitea cite a petrecut in pintecele matern. Lastly, I acceded perioade, Ricardo Reis, indecisive in viata amoroasa si coplesit de nedumerire in fate evenimentelor politice care se precipita, prefera sa se retraga in moarte alaturi de creatorul sau, lasind in lume un fiu bastard care va muri, cum anunta naratorul, in viitorul razboi colonial din anii '60.Aparut in 1984, novel Anul mortii lui Ricardo Reis, considerat de multi ca fiind capodopera absolut a lui Jose Saramago, a constituent, in preajma aniversarii a jumatate de secol de la moartea premature a lui Fernando Pessoa, an exceptional omagiu adus fictiunii, unique in literature secolului XX, representative of a heteronimic universe: authorship constellation that operates independently, pe care Pessoa ia creat, asemenea unui demiurg.’…probabil limba e aceea care-si alege scriitorii de care are nevoie, ii foloseste pentru a exprima cite o mica parte din ceea ce este, cind limba va fi spus totul si apoi va amuti, sint curios sa vad cum va arata viata noastra.„ (Jose Saramago)”Ricardo Reis sa nascut in 1887, nu-mi aduc aminte ziua si luna (dar le am pe undeva), in Porto, e medic si se afla in prezent in Brazilia.„ Fernando Pessoa (1935) poetica si moarte.” (George Steiner)„Saramago este unul dintre cei mai originali si mai remarcabili scriitori europeni. (Los Angeles Times). (Mioara Caragea)

Published in 1984, he wrote „Anul mortii lui Ricardo Reis” this consideration of multi-cadian absolute capodopera by Luis Jose Saramago. The citeva saptamini dupa moartea lui Fernando Pessoa (arna lui 1935), se intoarce la Lisabona unul dintre heteronimii sai, Ricardo Reis, invented in 1912. Exile of fine vreme in Brazilia de creatorul sau, Ricardo Reis se confrunta in Portugalia cu o lume aproape necunoscuta, in care dictatura lui Salazar devine tentaculara. Heteronimul isi face drum prin aceasta realitate labirintica, insotit de fantoma creatorului sau, Fernando Pessoa, care mai are permisiunea sa bintuie prin lume noua luni dupa moarte, atitea cite a petrecut in pintecele matern. Lastly, I acceded perioade, Ricardo Reis, indecisive in viata amoroasa si coplesit de nedumerire in fate evenimentelor politice care se precipita, prefera sa se retraga in moarte alaturi de creatorul sau, lasind in lume un fiu bastard care va muri, cum anunta naratorul, in viitorul razboi colonial din anii '60.Aparut in 1984, novel Anul mortii lui Ricardo Reis, considerat de multi ca fiind capodopera absolut a lui Jose Saramago, a constituent, in preajma aniversarii a jumatate de secol de la moartea premature a lui Fernando Pessoa, an exceptional omagiu adus fictiunii, unique in literature secolului XX, representative of a heteronimic universe: authorship constellation that operates independently, pe care Pessoa ia creat, asemenea unui demiurg.’…probabil limba e aceea care-si alege scriitorii de care are nevoie, ii foloseste pentru a exprima cite o mica parte din ceea ce este, cind limba va fi spus totul si apoi va amuti, sint curios sa vad cum va arata viata noastra.„ (Jose Saramago)”Ricardo Reis sa nascut in 1887, nu-mi aduc aminte ziua si luna (dar le am pe undeva), in Porto, e medic si se afla in prezent in Brazilia.„ Fernando Pessoa (1935) poetica si moarte.” (George Steiner)„Saramago este unul dintre cei mai originali si mai remarcabili scriitori europeni. (Los Angeles Times). (Mioara Caragea)

Жозе Сарамаго – один из крупнейших писателей современной Португалии, лауреат Нобелевской премии по литературе 1998 года. “Год смерти Рикардо Рейса” – роман, ставший, подобно “Волхву” False, культовым для European Lithuanian. Это великолепная игра, поскольку даже в самой Португалии далеко не всем известно, что никакого Рикардо Рейса в действительности не было, что это один из гетеронимов великого португальского поэта Фернандо Пессоа. Сарамаго устраивает “встречу” Творца и Творения, которая происходит на фоне бурных событий 1936 года… Книга снабжена стихотворным приложением.

Machaon

2003 (Trans.: Aleksandr Bogdanovsky)

Rikardo Reiš, portugalski lekar i pesnik koji se 1936. godine vraća iz progonstva u Brazilu, otkriva izmenjeno lice Lisabona punog tajni, gde se prepliću san i java, mit i istorija, vizije budućnosti i magija svakodnevice. On provodi najviše vremena sa duhom Fernanda Pesoe, koji posle smrti, u tom vidu, mora provesti na Zemlji devet meseci, this koliko svaki čovek provodi na Zemlji i pre svog rođenja. Pre nego što će sa pesnikom napustiti ovaj svet, glavni junak pomoći će čitaocu da iz posebnog ugla upozna Lisabon, njegove široke avenije i uske meandre beskrajnih i bezbrojnih uličica, siromaštvo njegovih građana, oronulost samotnih brodova u luci i melanholiju neprestane magle i kiše što najavljuju sumrak Evrope. života, kao što je roman Godina smrti Rikarda Reiša. Saramago koristi činjenicu da je najveći pesnik portugalskog jezika Fernando Pesoa (1888–1935) potpisivao svoje pesme različitim imenima i stvorio čitavu porodicu svojih bližih i daljih duhovnih srodnika – heteronima – koje je 'zadužio' da u pesničkoj formi odgovore na najbitnija pitanja ljudske egzistencije. Jedan od njih, Rikardo Reiš, neposredno nakon Pesoine smrti pokušava nemoguće – da živi život umrlog pesnika. Oko takvog neverovatnog zapleta Saramago gradi roman koji je sav istkan od paradoksa…„Jasmina Nešković’Saramago nas uvodi u jedinstveni lavirint u kome se mešaju 'privid stvarnosti i istina privida'.’ Le Monde“Tri neponovljiva i neodoljiva lika – dve žene i jedan duh mrtvog pesnika – upliću se u novi život Rikarda Reiša i čine okosnicu radnje ovog fascinantnog Roman.„ The New York Times

Roman Radnja “Godina smrti Ricarda Reisa” smještena je u Lisabon i godinu 1936. Ricardo Reis jedan je od tri pseudonima kojima je slavni portugalski pjesnik Fernando Pessoa potpisivao svoja djela.U ovom romanu glavni lik – Ricardo Reis je 48-godišnji liječnik koji se nakon godina provenenih u Brazilu vraća u Portugal. To je doktor kojemu je puno bliže trošenje inte na pisanje pjesama nego pisanje liječničkih recepta, nalaza i povijesti bolesti, au što se i sami uvjeravamo prilikom posjeta koje mu upriličuje duh nedavno preminulog pjesnika Fernanda Person. Kroz svoje duge i česte razgovore sa Reisom o životu, smrti, umjetnosti, politici… Pessoa skraćuje razdoblje od devet mjeseci koje, nakon smrti, mora još provesti na Zemlji u obličju duha sve do svog konačnog napuštanja ovozemaljske realnosti, u čemu mu se Reis na kraju Romana pridružuje.

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Biblioteka Jijesti

2003

Al-Mada

2002 (Translated by Antoine Homsi)

Modernist

2023 (Translated by Hans Berggren)

ÅRET DÅ RICARDO REIS DOG är en rik och mångbottnad roman, full av poetiska och filosofiska blinkningar. Men man behöver inte vara kännare av Portugals politiska historia eller litterära guldålder för att njuta av José Saramagos sällsamma berättarkonst: detta är också på många sätt en gammaldags roman, på samma gång symbolisk och stillsamt humoristisk, absurd och fylld av dialoger, möten och fängslande människoöden.

Portekizli şair Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935), 'başlıbaşına edebiyat olma' isteğiyle yer etti dünya edebiyatında. Pessoa, kendi adından başka, Alberto Caiero, Alvaro de Campos, Bernardo Soares, Ricardo Reis gibi adlarla da imzaladı yapıtlarını. Bunlar birer takma ad değil, yaşam öyküsüne, hırslara, arzulara, edebiyat görüşüne, şiir duruşuna sahip kimliklerdi. 'Ben yazılacak bir romanın kahramanıyım' diyen Pessoa'nın sezgisi birkaç romanda doğrulandı; Portekiz 'in dev romancısı José Saramago da Pessoa'nın sözüne uydu: Pessoa'yı kendisi, tıpkısı, başkası, ayrısı, aynası olan Ricardo Reis'le buluşturdu. 1936 yılında, Avrupa'nın çalkalandığı, Almanya'da Hitler'in, Portekiz'de Salazar'ın yükselişe geçtiği bir dönemde, Ricardo Reis, Fernando Pessoa'nın öldüğünü bildiren bir telgraf alınca on altı yıl sonra Portekiz'e dönmeye karar verir. Krallık yanlısı Ricardo Reis'in bıraktığından çok farklıdır Portekiz; burada karşılaştığı insanlar, ölü Pessoa'yla sohbetleri, onda soru işaretleri uyandırır; politik düşünceleri ve insanlar hakkındaki yargıları giderek sarsılır: Kendi varlığı, dünyaya dair bütün bilinenlerin, her an yeni baştan tanımlanabileceğinin kanıtıdır zaten. Bu roman için José Saramago şöyle söylüyor: ‘Ricardo Reis'in Öldüğü Yıl, başka bir hayatın, bir yalanın var olmasını mümkün kılıyor, dolayısıyla başka bir gerçeklik, başka bir var olabilir mask.’